On 6/24/2010 12:33 PM, oxtail wrote:
Fred C. Dobbs wrote:

There's a great scene in the novel _Marathon_Man_ in which it is
described how it isn't always necessary to overwhelm a seemingly
superior opponent in order to defeat him. Goldman gives as an example
how a lesser basketball player could make Kareem Abdul-Jabbar miss a
shot simply by giving him a nudge at just the right moment.

Of course, Abdul-Jabbar was one of the greatest players of his age. Some
goof claiming to have superior credentials in philosophy and law, but
who spends 12 hours a day playing a brainless and ****witted "zen game"
in Usenet, certainly isn't a formidable intellect or a demonstrably
superior opponent, and it doesn't require much of a nudge at all to get
him far off his game. It was fun being the one doing the nudging
anyway.


Preparing to run away?

No, fat boy. I'm having too much fun shoving you off your game.